04 August 2009

Three policewomen spend full day dressed in Muslim burkhas in controversial 'In Your Shoes' exercise

.... Critics yesterday lined up to denounce the scheme as ‘political correctness gone mad,’ and accused South Yorkshire Police of losing sight of its main objective. Douglas Murray, of the Centre for Social Cohesion think-tank, said: ‘You just couldn’t make it up.

‘The victims of crime must be amazed that the police have so much time on their hands that they can spend a day playing dress-up.‘This is a complete waste of police time and taxpayers’ money.

It’s not the duty of police to empathise with particular sections of the community. It is the duty of the police to prevent crime and catch criminals.‘After this are they planning to dress as members of other communities such as Hindus and Buddhists?’ [MailOnline] Read more See Also: [BBC] Read See Also: [The Spittoon] Read